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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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